Mozart: Piano Works, Vol. 1. Variations & Nannerl Notenbuch

Piano legends of the 20th-century in the spotlight: after Claudio Arrau, it is now Walter Gieseking to be honored with an complete boxset of his Warner recordings, out on November 11th. Guided by his refined intelligence of the score, unrivalled technique, and deep understanding of the new recording techniques, he revolutionized piano performance in the post-war years. This collection of Mozart pieces, scheduled by Walter Legge ahead of the composer’s bicentenary in 1956, is one of the crowning glories of his discography. Here is the first volume, dedicated to the earliest works of the wonder child collected in the Nannerl Notebook, and a few sets of variations such as Ah, vous dirai-je Maman.